Pierre de Ronsard Quotes

Pierre de Ronsard was a French poet or, as his own generation in France called him, a "prince of poets". Wikipedia  

✵ 11. September 1524 – 27. December 1585
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Sonnets pour Hélène
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Pierre de Ronsard Quotes

“When you are very old, at evening, by candelight,
Sitting near the fire, spooling and spinning the wool,
You will say, in wonder, as you sing my verses,
"Ronsard praised me in the days when I was beautiful."”

Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle,
Assise auprès du feu, dévidant et filant,
Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous émerveillant:
"Ronsard me célébrait du temps que j'étais belle."
vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle" http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Quand_vous_serez_bien_vieille%2C_au_soir%2C_%C3%A0_la_chandelle"Quand, Sonnets pour Hélène (1578), ll. 1-4.

“Gather today the roses of life.”

Cueillez dès aujourd'hui les roses de la vie.
"Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle," l. 14.

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